Smoothing-iron handle.



No. 684,606. Patented Aug. 27, 1901. A. n. ALLEN.-

SIIOOTHING IRON HANDLE.

(Application filed ApL'B, 1901-) (No mow.)

rrn STATES PATET OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS N. ALLEN, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

SMOOTHING-IRON HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,606, dated August 27, 1901. Application filed April 8, 1901. Serial No. 54,876. (No model.)

T0 whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS N. ALLEN, residing at Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Smoothing-Iron Handle, of which the followingisa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that type of handles adapted to be detachably secured to the iron; and it has for its purpose to provide a handle of this character of a Very simple and inexpensive construction, which can be conveniently and quickly at tached to or detached from the iron and in which the handle member proper will remain cold during use.

My invention comprehends generally a handle formed of pressed steel bent to shape and includes a base member having a novel construction of latch and interlocking members and a handle proper bent up of a single piece of metal of peculiar blank form; and in its more subordinate nature my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, all of which will hereinafter be fully described, and specifically pointed out in the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved handle. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same, taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a diagram of the blank from which the handle member is formed. Fig. 5 is a view of the base or look ing member detached. Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on the line a ct of Fig. 5. Fig. 6 is a diagram of the blank from which the spring-held locking member is formed. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the said member. Fig. 8 is a cross-section on the line 8 8 of Fig.2, showing the free end of the lock raised to its limit.

In the practical construction my improvement consists, essentially, of a handle member proper, 1, and a base member 2, to which the member 1 is secured and which has means for detachably interlocking with the iron. (Indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.) In the preferred form the members 1 and 2 are made up of pressed steel, and for economy of manufacture and strength the blank a, from which member 1 is pressed up, (see Fig. 4,) consists of a central substantially rectangular plate a, the opposite sides a of which are parallel and which where they merge with the ends a are out off at an angle, as at a the purpose of which will presently appear. The ends of have oppositelyextending members a swelled at the inner end to provide sui'ficient metal for forming the converted or curved parts 1 of the legs 1*, and the extremities of said members a terminate in circular disks ad, which form the foot portions 1, that are screwed or riveted t0 the member 2 in the completed article, as.

clearly shown in Fig. 2. By making the member l of a blank having the construction shown it is manifest that by bending the ends a down to form the legs and the sides a inwarda cylindrical or hollow handhoid a is readily provided, and by reason of the angle ends a ample means is provided at the ends of the part 0) for a free circulation of air, which helps to keep said part cool, and to further aid in keeping the said part cool asbestos washers w are interposed between the foot portions 1 and the member 2, as shown. The member 2 is pressed or stamped up with an annular pendent flange 2 to seat on a correspondiugly-shaped raised part 2 of the iron, (see dotted lines in Fig. 2,) and centrally the member 2 has an opening 2", shown somewhat elliptical in the drawings, but may be made rectangular or circular, as desired. At one end the opening 2 merges with a long slot 2, the outer end of which merges with lateral seats or depressions 2 2, in which the side lugs 7 of the springactuated locking member 7, presently again referred to, are adapted to fit. The opposite end of the opening 2 connects with a longitudinally-extending slot 2 the purpose of which will presently appear, and at the point where the opening 2 and the slot 2 merge the member 2 has a depressed transversely-- extending bridge portion 2 which forms a rest to limit the downward thrust of the member 7, and formed integrally with the bridge 2 is a downwardly-extending rigid lockingfinger 2*, that opposes the spring-actuated locking member, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The spring-actuated locking member 7, the

construction of which is best shown in Fig. 7, is made up of a single plate having a shank 7 to fit the slot 2 the end of which has the side lugs 7 to engage the seats 2. The shank 7 merges with an enlarged part 7 of a shape to fit the opening 2 in member 2, and said part 7 merges withaforwardly-extended portion, which comprises a shank 7 to move freely in the slot 2 and which has a downwardly and inwardly curved part 7 that ends in a laterally-widened latch member, whereby stop-lugs 7 are provided, which limit the upward thrust of the lock end of member 7 by engaging the member 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 8. Such arrangement of parts prevents pulling the member 7 up too far and snappingthe spring plate 10, that engages the upper face of lock member 7. The end of part 7 is turned up at about right angles to the top part of the lock member, as at 7 and opposes the fixedly-held locking-finger 2 11 is a Wooden knob made fast to the member 7, whereby it can be conveniently manipulated.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the advantages of myinvention and the manner of its use will be readily understood. It Will be noticed the user by grasping the hollow handle in the usual manner and gripping the knob 11 between the first and second fingers can instantly adjust the lock member-7 to cause it to engage or disengage the iron.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a handle of the character described, the combination with the base, having a longitudinal slot, and laterally-disposed depressions or seats at one end of the slot, and an integral bridge member extended transversely under the slot provided with a pendent lug; of the locking-plate 7, said plate having a shape to seat within the longitudinal slot of the member 2, and having lateral ears to engage the seats in the said member 2, a flat spring for holding the plate 7, interlocked with the member 2, said member 7, having its front end bent downward,then inward to form an interlocking member to oppose the fixedly-held member, the said downwardlybent portion having laterally extending shoulders to form stops to engage the under side of the member 2, all being arranged substantially as shown and described.

AUGUSTUS N. ALLEN.

Vitnesses:

L. D. COLEMAN, FRED. G. WAKELEE. 

